Debt Payoff Planner: Tracker vs Payoff

Debt Payoff Planner: Tracker is an iPhone app and web-based planning tool for recording debts, logging payments, comparing payoff methods, and following progress. It supports snowball, which targets the smallest balance, and avalanche, which targets the highest interest rate. Users can review payment history, set reminders, and see a debt-free estimate. The app tracks both money users owe and money owed to them, and works offline. Debts are entered manually; the app does not connect to a bank or request bank login details. Records stay on the user's iPhone and private iCloud rather than the developer's servers, though purchases, analytics, and diagnostics use service providers. The free plan covers up to three debts. Premium monthly costs $4.99 a month, while Premium yearly costs $29.99 a year and includes a 7-day free trial. Paid plans add unlimited debts, exact strategy order comparisons, advanced statistics, and PDF reports. The app requires iOS 26 or later; the website also offers browser-based payoff calculators without an account.

Payoff is a debt payoff planner for Android and iOS, with debt tracking, payoff strategies, AI coaching, and a savings planner. Users add debts manually; Payoff says it does not need bank access or bank logins. Its free plan covers two debts, Snowball and Avalanche strategies, five AI Coach messages per month, payment reminders, and milestone celebrations. Premium costs £49.99 a year and adds unlimited debts, all seven strategies, unlimited coaching, What-If scenarios, Focus Mode, Smart Import, a savings and investment planner, and CSV import and export. Household costs £79.99 a year and adds two accounts, Partner Mode, split payment tracking, and a shared AI coach. What-If scenarios update projected debt-free dates and interest savings as users change extra monthly payments. The app supports English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Italian, plus multiple currencies. Data is stored locally, with optional syncing to Supabase hosted on AWS. Payoff says its AI Coach provides general information, not professional financial, tax, legal, or investment advice. The website invites visitors to join a waitlist for launch.